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Old Morality To New

moving quite obviously away
from the old morality toward
the new morality that I would
like to see it adopt, and this
new morality is what, so to
speak, situation ethics provides
the basis for."

The educator cited changing
abortion laws as a discernible
trend toward a situational
approach. "Most people won't
buy such an absolute as present
abortion laws offer," he
reflected.

Mr. Fletcher received an
A.B. degree from West Virginia
University in 1925, and a B.A.
degree from Berkeley Divinity
School in 1929. He has done
graduate work at Yale and
London University.

He has served as visiting
professor at Christian
University Tokyo, Japan, St.
Andrews University, Clare
College and Cambridge
University, England.

Mr. Fletcher has authored
several books including, Morals
and Medicine, (1954) Mission
to Main Street (1961),
Situation Ethics (1966) Moral
Responsibility (1967) and
Hello Lover (1970).